Game apparatus



. Oct. 5 1926.

E. c. FEY

GAME APPARATUS Filed Jan. 11,1926

IN VjNTOR ATTORNEY Patented Get. 5, 1926.

Parana FFEQE.

EDMUND CHARLES 'FEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

GAME APrARATUs.

Application filed January 11, 1925. Serial No. 80,427.

The present invention relates to a game apparatus, and the invention has for its objects to provide a game wherein the skill of the operator or player may be used or employed in obtaining a high or low score, whichever is desirable in winning the game.

The invention consists primarily in a game board for positioning at an incline to the horizontal or vertically, if desired, and having a playing field over which a playing piece impelled by the operator is caused to travel prior to being received or lodged within a value denominating space, theplaying field having a movable portion also under the control of the operator, the move ment of said movable portion assisting the operator, in accordance with his skill in operating the same, to direct the playing. piece into the desired value denominating space. The playing field together with its movable portion may, if desired, be provided with baflle or direction impeding devices or pins, and, if desired, the value denominating spaces may be provided with means for retarding the passage of the playing pieces therethrough until the value indicated by the space is recorded, in keeping the score of the game.

lVith the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction within the scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

To more clearly comprehend the invention, reference is directed to the accompanying drawings, wherein V Figure 1 is a view in elevation of one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view,-taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, viewed in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings1 indicates a suitable cabinet, the front opening 2 of which is closed by a transparent member 3, preferably of glass. In rear of the transparent member is provided a playing field t, having a movable center 5, rotatable in an opening 6 in the field l. The center 5 carries on its rear a stub shaft 5' eXtendin through openings in the supporting plates secured to the rear of the playing field a and disposed transversely in rear of the opening 6.

The shaft 6 carries between saidsupporting plates 7 a sprocket 8 and a coiled spring 9 which bears a ainst said sorocket 8 and 3 h l a ainst one face of one of the bracket memhere 7. the spring being coiled around the shaft 6, to retard the free rotation of the movable held 5. The sprocket 8 is secured by a chain 10 with a second sprocket 11 on a shaft 12 rotatable in suitable bearings, the

foward end of the shaft carrying hand piece 13, preferably within convenient reach of the operator, the shaft being illustrated as extending through the transparent member 8. The playing field at and the movable center 5 are illustrated as carrying outwardly projected baflie pins 1a, arranged indiscriminately over their respective surfaces, their outer ends terminating preferably in contact with the inner face of the transparent member 3. The playing piece 15, in the present instance illustrated in the form of a fiat disk, which may constitute a coin or token, isinserted through an opening 16 into a channeled holder 17 communicating with the playing field at its upper end through an opening in the side wall of the cabinet 1.

The; outer end of the channeled holder 17 is provided with an opening 18 to admit of the playing piece to project therethrough, and a guide finger 19 extends from the holder 17, a slight distance over the playing field l.

The playing field l terminates preferably at the lower end of the opening 2, above the ried by a bar 24: within the cabinet, project i into the respective pockets, as indicated in the drawings.

A spring 25 maintains the pins 23 normally in their operative position, as in the drawing, and an operating rod 26 connected with the member 24, through an arm 27, enables the removal of the pins from their respective pockets by a longitudinal movement of the rod 26, the end of which extends exteriorly of the cabinet 1.

in the embodiment illustrated, the inven tion is shown as employing a disl; and the playing field is in a vertical position, but it is to be understood that a playing piece of any configuration may be employed and the field may be disposed in any manner, at an incline to the horizontal, so long as suhicient inclination given thereto to permit the playing piece to travel thereover, and itis also to be understood that the battle pins may be eliminated from one or both of the playing fields lor 5.

ln playing the game, the operator deposits the playing piece in the opening 13 and strikes the same through opening 18, projecting it onto the upper end of the playing field The direction of travel oi" the piece 15 of the field is controlled by the pins thereon and when the playing piece encounters or travels over the tield 5, the operator, by operating the inen'iber 13, may move or adjust the movable center 5, and so position the pins thereon with reference to the movement oi the playing piece, as direct the same with reference to the poel'ets 20. After the playing piece ha been re ceived in one of the pocirets and its score noted, the rod 26 is operated and the playing piece in the present embodiment is deposited within the cabinet to be removed therefrom at any desirable time.

I claim 1. A game apparatus including a game board affording a playing field inclined to the horizontal and downwardly over which from its upper end a playing piece is adapted to pass by gravity, said field being provided with a movable portion and a stationary portion, said movable portion constituting a continuation of the stationary portion, and means controllable by the player for moving at will the movable field portion while the playing piece is passing thereover.

2. A game apparatus includ l a game board affordin a pl ving field 1r lined to the horizontal and downwarcly over whicl from its upper end a playing piece is adapted to pass by gravity, said field being provided with a movable portion and a stationary portion, said movable portion constitu ing a continuation of the stationary portion, one of said portions provided with a plurality of battle devices extending outwardly from its surface, and means controllable by the player for moving at will the movable field portion While the playing piece is passing thereover.

3. A game apparatus including a game board atl oi'ding a playing field inclined to the horizontal and downwardly over which tron'i its upper end a playing piece is adapted to pass by gravity, said field being provided with a movable portion ano a sta tionary portion, said movable portion eonstituting a continuation of the stationary portion, means controllable by the player for moving at will the movable field portion while the playing piece is passing thereover, playing piece receiving means at the lower end of the board, and releasable means associated therewith for e ntrolling the passage ot' the pla" g piece therethrough.

41-. A game apparatus including a cabinet a transparentopening and provided said opening with a game board a playing field inclined to the i l and downwardly over which upper end a playing piece is i ted to pass by gravity, said field provided with movable and stationary portions, said movable portion constituting a continuation oi' the stationary portion, one provided the plurality of battle devices extending t '2 di from its surface, means exteriorly the cabinet and operatable by the player tor moving at will the movable field portion, playi piece receiving means within the cabinet at the lower end f the game board, and means extending exteriorly of the cabinet and associated with the receiving means for peration to control the passage of the playing piece therethrough.

Agame apparatus including a cabinet provided with an opening, a transparent closure for the opening, a game board in rear of the closure and afiording a playing field inclined to the horizontal and downwardly over which from its upper end a playing piece is adapted to pass by gravity, said cabinet provided with an opening at its upper end for the admission of a playing piece at the upper end of the game board, said playing field provided with a movable portion and a stationary portion, said movable portion constituting a continuation of the stationary portion, means exteriorly of the cabinet and controllable by the operator for moving at will the movable field port-ion, playing piece receiving means at the lower end of the game board, and releasable means extending exteriorly of the cabinet and associated with the receiving means for controlling the passage of the playing piece therethrough.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

EDMUND CHARLES FEY. 

